Oil-burner fastener and splash-preventer.



W. T. JONES.

OIL BURNER FASTENBR AND SPLASH PREVENTER.

APPLICATION FILED DEC. 27, 1909 1,073,689, Patented Sept. 23, 1913.

mimwnw inrritn eirrriifne WILLIAM T.

JONES, OF DETROIT, IVIICHIGAN. ASSIGNOR TO TIDJNLUNDS (1: JONES IVUFG. CO., OF DETROIT, MICHIGAN, A CORPORATION OE MICHIGAN.

OIL-BURNER FASTENER AND SPLASTlI-IREVEN'IER.

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lie it lcnown thnt l, Vinmmit l. .ioxns. u citizen of the llnited ritutes. residing ut Detroih in the count ot l t tlXHt! State of iiiichigttn. have invented ('ertnin new lltltl usei'nl improvtunents in ()il-lhirner l nsteners and l'i'rilnsh-lh'erenters3 and i do declure the following to he at t'ull, elenm und enuet description ot the invention, sueh us will enuhle others skilled in the u rt to \vhieh it uppertnius' to inzdte und use the some, rel? erence beinghudltio the nceonnmnying druw ings, and to the figures olj' re'lerence. nntrlugd thereon, which term :1 part ot this specitiention.

This invention relates to on. oil inn-nor fastener and splush 'preventer, nnd ronsists in the Construction and arrangement o'l parts r hereinafter more, fully set forth nnd pointed out in the claims.

The primary ohjeet 01 the invention is to provide fastening? means for uttuehing u burner to it lump :t'pnt, wherein the arrangement is such as to prevent the oil splushing from the burner around or through the fastening means, and the use of solder in connecting the fastening parts with the lump font is obviated.

A. further object is to provide means for fastening a burner to a lump t'ont oi? such a character as to obviate the twisting of the wick, leaving the wick free to run into the wick tube and attording n free passage for the oil through the wick.

A further object to provide for uuielcly end firmly attaching the burner to the font and readily detaching it therefrom.

Aturther object is to provide tor Stt'tttlflt'l1 ening the top of; the font so {15 to lirml support the burner and resist the force necessary to exert in nttuching the burner inplnci and in removing it from the font for the purpose 0F refilling.

A, further object is to proridr :1 rent opening through which nir'nuiy escape from the upper portion ol" the font around the do' in elevation is shown attached to the font Specification of Letters Patent.

Patten ted dept. 21;, MM 3.

Application filed December 27, 1909. Serial No. 53 L949.

by my improved 'tustening menus. Fig. 2 in :in inverted plnn ol the burner. Fig. A; is on elevution ol' the tulle \vhieh depends within the :l'ont nnd the huse ot the huruer whieh is seuted therein, the upper portion of the hurner being; hrolten :iwny. Fig. t is n. similar view with the tulle and its supporting dis-l; in were), us on line E -l oi Fig. 2%. Fig. 5 is ;t 't'rngmentunv view in set-Lion through the hush ol the hurner purnllel with the wiel; tuhe. tl ig. (3 is at similar view with the sertion line ut right- :ingles to thut; shown in l ie'. 5.

ltel'erringg to the t'ltttitt 'ttl's of reference, 1 (.itrlffllltllttr-i the oil. i'oni. oi. whieh the upper portion 1. is shown, and whieh uurv he of uny deuired shnpe. ".lhe hotly ot' the tout is pret'eruhly l'ormed ot tuners hoenuse of its dlu-tilitv, and the top 2 thoreoli is spun onto the eireulur plate or disk It ol: steel, which extends iliumetricnllv ucross the upper pow lion ot the font; und iH confined in lt1() hy the top 2 which lies thereoin nod the inwurdly extending head =l. whieh supports snid disk. lhe steel dish 3 serves as it reinforcement; which greatly strengthens the top ol' the tent. I ormet l integral with soid'disk and depending oentrzilly therefrom is u tube 5 which extends downwtmlly to :1 point: udjneent the liUttUlH. The body portion oi" said tuhe is struight, hut the upper end thereof is nuide tlnrinp :n; shown ut (3. .ln prnetire the tuhe 5 is drown out ol the plute 5 und is shaped by suituhle dies, thus lorming the disk and tuhe without :1 semn or joint.

i ornied in the wall ol the tnpered portion (3 of the tube on opposite sides ore the \ertieul slots 7. euch ot' whieh is provided ul its lower end with it short luternl slot R. suid lulerul slots extending in opposite diroetimm.

The burner nmy he ot' :1n v uitnhle eon slruetion and is provided with the nuunl wiel; shul't it). The lllll'il ll ot' the hurner is innde tapering]; to roineide with the linring upper end (S oi the tul :7 into \vhieh it is ntlupted to tflosely til. in the lower end of the hose ll of the hnrner is n eirrnlnr pinto lit through whieh the wick tnhe 125 pus ies. suid pinto having, the lnternllv projerting lugs l-l on opposite sides thereot whirh lie in slots formed in the end ot the tupered hose 1 suit] pinto being conlhied in the end 01 the tapered base by turning the marginal portion 15 of said base over onto said plate,

gm novaese slots 8 so that by a slight rotation of the base within the tube-to the right, said lugs will be caused to engage under the inclined margins 16 (see Fig. 3) of the lateral slots 8, and lock the base of the burner securely within the flaring opening of the tube, so as ;to efiect a tight closure between said parts and dctachably join them by a fastening of the bayonet joint type.

To remove the burner it is only necessary to turn it slightly toward the left, so as to disengage the lugs 14 from the slots 8, when the burner may be lifted out of the tube. This arrangement facilitates the operation of fastening the burner to the lamp font and unfastening it therefrom, obviating the use of the thread ed connection between said parts commonly employed, the objection to which is that the oil will follow the thread between the connected parts and work out of the font, the splashing of the oil in the font as ordinarily made conducing to this undesirable result.

By means of the structure shown herein,

the splashing of the oil in the font of the lam. is largely overcome by the tube 5 depencing therein. The small amount of 'oil which stands within the tube 5 through which the wick passes, cannot be caused to splash b any movement to which the lamp may be subjected, while the oil which surrounds said tube can find no avenue of escape through the top, which as will be seen,

is without a seam or joint that will admit of the passage of the oil. The only openings through the wall of the tube are the slots 7 and 8, and these are closed by the tapered base of the burner when it is seated therein, While said base is fitted so tightly in the tapered opening of the tube 5 as to preclude the possibility of the oil passing between the tapered base and the wall of said tube.

By doing away with a threaded connection between the burner font, the necessity for rotatingithe burner many times in making a connection between the font and burner is-obviated, thereby overcoming any twisting of the wick to wring the oil there from, or interfere with the free passage thereof through the wick tube. A further advantage in this arrangement resides in the fact that the oil cannot splash onto the wick and thereby cause a flickering or variation of the flame.

As the lower end the tube 5 extends nearly to the bottom of the lamp font, it is necessary to provide a vent for the font around said tube. This vent is afforded by the slots 7 through which air may escape as the font of the lamp is being filled.

Having thus fully set forth my invention, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is:-

l. A burner fastener and oil splash preventer comprising a disk secured in the top of an oil font having a tube-extending centrally therefrom into said font, the upper portion of said tube being tapering to form a receiving socket for the burner base, a burner having a tapered base to enter and fill said socket in a manner to effect atight closure between said parts, and interlocking members .upon said base and socket for de tachably connecting said part-s togethein' 2. A burner fastener and splash preventcr comprising a disk secured in the top of the burner font and having a tube depending centrally therefrom, the metal of the font at the top lying upori the upper surface of said disk and a rib in the wall of the font sup" porting said disk below, tube depending from said disk having slets in the wall thereof near its upper end, a burner having a base portion adapted to enter id tube, said base portion having proje parts which-engage in said slots lock t .e of the burner withinsaid tube.

3. A burner fastener, comprising a socket tube depending within the font and sup; ported by the top thereof, the wall of said tube having an angular slot therein, a"

burner havin a base adapted to enter said tube to seat therein, said base having at its lower end a plate provided with a projecting lug adapted to engage in said angular slot lock the base of the burner within said in testimony whereof, I sign this specification in the presence of two witnesses.

WiLLLlAli i T. JO Witnesses E. S. YVHEELER, .1. Hownnrr. 

